“Yes. He asked if those were the fellows who were going to take part in the games, and of course I said they were. Then he came back at me with this:
“‘Well,’ he said, ‘I just thought I’d give you a chance to make any change if you wanted to, before we took action. But if it’s your last word, all right, and you’d better come over and see me, or I’ll come and see you.’”
“Wallace said that?” demanded Dan.
“Yes,” answered Holly, “and of course I wanted to know right away what the trouble was. He said he couldn’t tell me over the wire, but he was anxious for me to call, and I said I would. He intimated that his committee might make a protest against some of our fellows.”
“He did? Who?”
Tom and the others heard no more, for Dan and Holly moved off down the corridor, but they had caught enough to make them stare wonderingly at each other.
“What do you know about that?” asked Tom, slowly.
“That’s the limit!” exclaimed Sid. “Going to protest against some of our fellows! Who? And for what?”
No one could answer him, and for a moment there was momentous silence.